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FICCI CEOs Mission to USA 3 City Tour Chicago Economic Partnership & Synergy Summit September 19-20, 2011 New York 8th Annual India Investment Forum Contact Details September 21-23, 2011 FICCI- India FICCI- USA Washington DC Federation House 1070, 17th Street, NW Suite 600 The Third Brookings-FICCI Strategic Dialogue 1 Tansen Marg Washington, DC 20036 September 26-27, 2011 New Delhi-110001, India USA Tel: + 91-11-2373 8760-70 Tel: +1-202-776 7181 Fax: +91-11-2372 1504, 2332 0714 Fax: +1-202-331 8703 Email: [email protected]/[email protected] Email:[email protected] /[email protected] Program at a glance FICCI CEOs Mission to USA, September 19-27, 2011 CHICAGO (19-20 September 2011) September 19, 2011 Reception and Dinner for the Indian Delegation 6.30 pm onwards Address by Hon'ble Minister of Power Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde September 20, 2011 US-India Economic Opportunities and Synergy Summit 7.30 am-6.00 pm NEW YORK (21-23 September 2011) September 21, 2011 Special Session with Shri Pranab Mukherjee, 1.30 pm-3.00 pm Finance Minister of India September 21, 2011 FICCI-USIBC Programme at New York Stock Exchange 3.45 pm-6.00 pm September 22, 2011 8th Annual India Investment Forum, Day I 8.00 am-6.00 pm September 23, 2011 8th Annual India Investment Forum, Day II 8.00 am-4.15 pm WASHINGTON D.C. (26-27 September 2011) September 26, 2011 FICCI-USIBC Roundtable on 11.30-2.00 pm "The Way Forward : Challenges & Opportunities" September 26, 2011 FICCI Meridian Roundtable on 4.00 pm-6.00 pm "Building a better future: Manufacturing & Innovation in India & the US" September 26, 2011 Third FICCI - Brookings Strategic Dialogue on India - US Relations 6.30 pm-9.30 pm Reception & dinner hosted by Indian Ambassador to United States September 27, 2011 Third FICCI - Brookings Strategic Dialogue on India- US Relations 9.00 am-4.45 pm Official Sponsors State Bank of India 19, S LaSalle St Chicago IL 60610 01 Harsh Mariwala …............................................……Leader President, FICCI & Chairman & Managing Director Marico Ltd. Rang Sharda, 5th Floor, K C Marg, Bandra Reclamation Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050 Phone : +91-22 2651 0705, 2645 0212 Fax : +91-22 6649 0114 E-mail : [email protected] Mr. Harsh Mariwala leads Marico Limited as its Chairman and Managing Director. Over the last 3 decades, Harsh Mariwala has transformed a traditional commodity driven business into a leading Consumer Products & Services Company, in the Beauty and Wellness space. During 2010-11, Marico recorded a turnover of Rs. 31.3 billion (about USD 695 Million) through its products and services sold in India and overseas. Marico markets well known brands such as Parachute, Saffola, Kaya, Mediker, Revive, among others. Under his leadership, Marico has achieved several recognitions including the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ 2009 in the manufacturing category, NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award 2009 in the FMCG (Personal Hygiene) category, Marico’s Pondicherry Plant won the Gold Award at the Economic Times ‘ India Manufacturing Excellence Awards’ 2010 in partnership with Frost & Sullivan and the Food Supply Chain Innovation Company of the Year award at the KPMG & Supply Chain Leadership Council. Mr. Mariwala is very passionate about Innovation and thus founded the Marico Innovation Foundation in 2003. Along with an eminent Board, Mr. Mariwala drives the Foundation to be a catalyst in fuelling Innovation in India. Mr. Mariwala is also involved in mentoring a group of young, upcoming entrepreneurs and he does this in association with TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs as part of TiE's Mentor Programme. Mr. Mariwala is currently the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). In the past, Mr. Mariwala has held several positions as FMCG Committee Chairman of FICCI and more. Mr. Mariwala is a part of Young President Organization (YPO) and World Presidents Organization (WPO) and has held the position of YPO Education, Membership and Chapter Chair. Official Sponsors State Bank of India 19, S LaSalle St Chicago IL 60610 02 R V Kanoria Senior Vice President, FICCI & Chairman & Managing Director Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited Indraprakash, 11th Floor, 21 Barakhamba Road New Delhi 110 001 Phone : +91-11 2371 6572 Fax : +91-11 2371 7203 E-mail : [email protected] Mr. R.V. Kanoria, MBA (Honours) from IMD, Switzerland, and Advanced Management Programme from Wharton, USA, has over three decades of experience in the chemicals, textiles and jute industries. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Chair of the Commission on Trade and Investment Policy of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris. He has headed several Joint Business Councils, including India-Australia, India-New Zealand, India-Netherlands and India-Taiwan. Mr Kanoria is the Past President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India and Past Chairman of the Indian Jute Mills' Association and the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry. He also serves on the Board of several companies and has several media articles to his credit. Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited (KCI) is a leading manufacturer of chemical intermediates in India. Established in the 1960s, KCI started with a Chlor Alkali plant in Renukoot in the state of Uttar Pradesh and added a second plant in the 1980s for manufacturing alcohol based intermediates at Ankleshwar in the state of Gujarat. In the year 2011, KCI commissioned a Greenfield Formaldehyde and Hexamine project at Vishakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh. While KCI divested its Chlor Alkali business in 2011, the company continues to be a major player in organic chemicals. KCI enjoys leadership position in India for Pentaerythritol, Formaldehyde and Hexamine. A focus on sustainable business processes of the company are reflected in the unblemished record of profitability since its inception. The determinant factors for this sustainable economic performance have been the choice of manufacturing technology, and the relentless pursuit of fine tuning this technology to achieve low cost of production through effective integration of products and processes. As a result, KCI is one of the lowest cost producers in the country for the basket of products it manufactures. KCI has strong corporate governance and social responsibility practices that have been widely recognized and have won the company several awards. Mr. Kanoria is looking for acquisition opportunities in the U.S. in fine chemicals and speciality chemicals business. He is also interested in pursuing joint ventures and technical collaboration agreements also in the chemical space. His company, Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd., is in the process of setting up a solar power generation facility. The renewable energy sector is also a focus area for the company. Official Sponsors State Bank of India 19, S LaSalle St Chicago IL 60610 03 Rajan Bharti Mittal Immediate Past President, FICCI & Vice Chairman & Managing Director Bharti Enterprises The Grand Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110 070 Phone : +91-11 4166 6116-7 Fax : +91-11 4166 6126 E-mail : [email protected] Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises - one of India's leading business groups with interests in telecom, financial services, retail, manufacturing, realty and agri-business. Bharti Airtel, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider with operations in India and Sri Lanka. Bharti has joint ventures with several global leaders; AXA for financial services, Del Monte for its agri-business and Wal-Mart for retail and wholesale operations. Born in 1960, Rajan joined Bharti Enterprises after graduating from Punjab University. An alumnus of Harvard Business School, he is actively involved in overseeing the activities of the group at the corporate level. With his rich experience in the marketing function, he is also involved in many of the new business ventures of the Group. Rajan subscribes to a symbiotic relationship between business and society and believes in corporate responsibility to give back to the community in which it operates. This belief has resulted in the Group CSR arm Bharti Foundation, which is committed to providing education to under-privileged children in rural India. Rajan is currently serving in a number of leadership roles in different industry bodies. He is the Immediate Past-President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) and a Member of its Executive & Steering Committees. He is a Member of the Managing Committee and Standing Committees of PHDCCI. Rajan is a Member of the Council of Management of All India Management Association. He is also a Member of the Executive Committee of International Chambers of Commerce - India Chapter. Rajan has held several key positions in various industry associations in the past as well. In FICCI he was Chairman of Retail Committee in 2007, Chairman of Infrastructure Committee in 2006, Chairman of Telecom & IT Committee in 2004 & 2005, and Chairman of Telecom Committee in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He was also the President of Association of Basic Telecom Operators (now known as Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India - AUSPI) during the period 1999-2000. Official Sponsors State Bank of India 19, S LaSalle St Chicago IL 60610 04 Dr. Rajiv Kumar Secretary General FICCI Federation House, Tansen Marg New Delhi 110 001 Phone : +91-11 2332 0717, 2331 5442 Fax : +91-11 2332 9369 E-mail : [email protected] Dr. Rajiv Kumar, a well known economist and the author of several books, joined the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in October 2010. Prior to this, he was Director & Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), one of India's leading independent economic policy think tanks.